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1. publius (publius@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Dec-2018 15:28:04 EST publius

   @greenjon @jkl In fact this is almost what the Japanese had before the Meiji Restoration. To get in step with the rest of the world, they added two new weekdays to the (Chinese-derived) traditional five. This is why “Sunday” & “Monday” in Japanese are “Nichiyobi” & “Getsuyobi”, where “nichi” is 日 meaning “sun”, & “getsu” is 月, “moon”.

   1. M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club)'s status on Sunday, 09-Dec-2018 21:48:39 EST M. Grégoire

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      @publius @jkl @greenjon Do you happen to know when China adopted the seven day week?